Oil, electricity, coal. The power that drives modern society. But what if science had never been invented? What if we relied on… magic? What if plants and fire powered our world? And what if the police solved crimes in ways that we can’t imagine? This is 17th Precinct.

17th Precinct was a failed NBC pilot by Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica fame. The show presents a world where magic is the only source of power but a group of individuals known as Stoics seek to eliminate irrationality using the one thing that magic has no defense against: science.

The Executive Prophet of Excelsior is murdered after predicting the return of an old foe and a coming year of death. While Detectives Longstreet and Bosson try to track down the Prophet's murderer, Chief Wilder Blanks calls in Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley to deal with the prophecy. However, Mira and her new partner, Jimmy Travers, are soon on the trail of a second killer.

1x1: Pilot recap: In the city of Excelsior, a man walks to North Beach at 2 a.m, passing a homeless woman. Everything suddenly goes silent around the man and a man comes up and stabs him repeatedly. The homeless woman doesn’t hear anything... read more.